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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (March 9, 1978)
FOURTEEN The Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, March 9, 197B Elementary, Junior High included in school bond New Boardman Grade School 1,772,750.00 New Irrigon Junior High School 1,736,850.00 Riverside High School Shop 330,500.00 A.C. Houghton Multi-purpose Room 325,750.00 Remodel Old Riverside Shop for Home Ec. 75,375.00 Remodel Heppner Junior High Shop 47,660.00 Remodel Heppner High Library 8,000.00 Remodel Heppner Junior High Home Ec. 4,140.00 Rebuild lone Boiler 5,000.00 Legal, Architectural and Engineering Fees 343,842.00 Equipment 150,133.00 TOTAL $4,800,000.00 Cost per $1,000.00 of valuation based on a County School District value of $325,000,000.00 would be $1.48 the first year, but would drop each year as the value of the county increased. This means that the tax on a piece of property valued at $40,000.00 would cost $59.20 the first year of the bond issue. BOARDMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IRRIGON If Ik 1 r HIGH SCHOOL 1 5 Classrooms Student Capacity 300 Cost '1, 736,850 PROBLEM: The Junior High School is currently housed at Riverside High School, currently there are 127 Junior High students in the 7th and 8th grades. The two classes occupy approximately one-third of the available classroom space in the school. Junior High enrollment is expected to reach 187 by 1979 which is the earliest that a new school could be ready for occupancy. The enrollment combined is 321, an increase at approximately 50 per year, of this increase 30 are Junior students, the increased numbers and the presence of a Junior High and Senior High education programs in the same facility has created serious limitations on both. SOLUTION: To care for immediate needs and to take care of future growth in both communities, the Planning Committee has propsed removing the Junior High from the present High School, and huildine a Junior Hieh School at Irrigon for studentfe from both communities. This could be acconf plished without increased transportation costs. W I b -J PROBLEM: Current Elementary enrollment stands at 420 students. These students are housed in the A C. Houghton Elementary School in Irrigon, and in the old Irrigon School, which is partially closed by the Fire Marshall, and in the Greenfield Grange Hall in Boardman. Next year an expected enrollment of over 500 students will overflow even the available temporary facilities. By 1982 an elementary student populaton of 850 is expected. SOLUTION: To care for immediate needs and to make provision'for growth in the immediate future, the District Planning Committee has proposed the building of a new elementary school in Boardman to care for elementary students in that community. This would eliminate busing elementary children from Boardman. Irrigon children would attend A.C. Houghton School in Irrigon. Elementary School Cost $ 1,772,750 Student Capacity 450 20 Classrooms School enrollments in Morrow County have risen from 1,072 in 1971 to the current all time high of 1,612 students, this figure is almost certain to increase even more before the current year ends. This is an increase of 540 students. If we consider 23 students per room, as an average classroom, this would mean that the district has received enough new students to fill 23 new classrooms. However, during that period of time the District has added only 12 new classrooms. This rather conservative building program has been possible because most school buildings were operating below capacity in 1971. Sinc-1974 the district's student population increase ha. averaged over 100 students per year. It is expected to reach roughly 2,350 students by 1982. In an examination of growth by schools we find that during the period from 1971 to 1977 A.C. Houghton Elementary School, which serves Boardman and Irrigon, has increased by 255 students, Riverside Junior and Senior High, serving the same communites, has increased by 160 students, for a total of 415 or 76 per cent of the total District increase. I Heppner Elementary School during the same period has grown by 125 students to account for 22 per cent of the increase. Heppner High School has grown by 12 students or 2 per cent, lone Schools have remained the same at this date as in, 1971. In 1971 Heppner Elementary and Junior High dropped to 343, the lowest student population since the new district was formed. The highest population was in 1962 when the population had reached 469 students. However, in 1977 the student population at Heppner Elementary School again rose to these levels and indications are pointing at a possible continuing increase there. , Bond Election Date Tuesday, March 14 Polling Places Are Lexington District Office lone High School Riverside High SchoolBoardman Morrow County Office Building Irrigon 1 "l V "1 A "1 V 7H -r ...... ..- n .j i ifl Aduks CkMnn ICO HIED , n r n r n ra r" FRIDAY, MARCH 17 ST. 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